Engineering Lead (Banking Platform & Cloud Modernization)

Must have Gen AI experience Hybrid 3 days per week onsite in Long Beach CA Overview Were looking for experience lead engineer based in Long Beach CA looking for a hands-on role to stabilize and support our existing on-prem Microsoft platform while driving the modernization and build-out of secure cloud-native services on Microsoft Azure. This role blends delivery leadership technical depth and strong operational discipline in a regulated environment. Duties & Responsibilities • Architect develop and maintain scalable full-stack applications React / and Azure (Python a plus). • Lead technical decision-making and provide expertise on best practices architecture and modern software development methodologies. • Conduct code reviews ensuring high code quality security performance and maintainability. • Collaborate with cross-functional partners (product design security operations) to define design and ship new capabilities safely. • Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers fostering a culture of growth and technical excellence. • Support production systems through incident response (triage containment root cause analysis) and continuous improvements. • Monitor and improve application performance optimizing database queries front-end rendering and API interactions. • Ensure security best practices including authentication authorization secrets management and data protection. • Work with DevOps to implement CI / CD pipelines and automate deployments with strong environment discipline (dev / test / uat / prod). • Stay current with emerging technologies and advocate for adoption where appropriate in a banking context. Core Technical Requirements On-Prem Microsoft Platform Leadership (Must Have) • .NET / C# experience with ability to debug production issues safely • SQL Server fundamentals (query tuning indexing awareness safe performance fixes) • Windows Server IIS hosting (deployments certificates configuration) • Identity fundamentals (Active Directory service accounts group policy realities) • Comfortable with change control release windows and production-first engineering practices • Monitoring / logging discipline (audit-friendly logs tracing metrics) Cloud Platform & Architecture (Microsoft Azure) • Experience designing and delivering solutions on Azure • Azure core services : App Service Functions Storage Key Vault (AKS optional) • Networking basics : VNets Private Endpoints DNS firewall concepts • Hybrid connectivity awareness (VPN / ExpressRoute concepts) • Identity and access : Entra ID (Azure AD) RBAC Managed Identities • Resiliency patterns : health checks retries timeouts failure isolation DevOps & Infrastructure as Code • CI / CD using Azure DevOps and / or GitHub Actions • Infrastructure as Code : Bicep or Terraform • Automated deployments with clear environment separation (dev / test / uat / prod) • Security gates : SAST dependency scanning artifact integrity secrets handling Modern Engineering Patterns • Build cloud-ready APIs (12-factor configuration clean layering safe deployments) • Event-driven integration patterns (Service Bus / Event Grid concepts) • Design for observability (Application Insights structured logging traceability) • Data modernization awareness (managed SQL options caching read scaling) Nice to Have (Bonus Skills) • React TypeScript experience (Material UI Tailwind) • / Express TypeScript experience • PostgreSQL experience • Banking / regulated industry experience (audit expectations SDLC controls) Location This role is based in Long Beach CA with a hybrid expectation (on-site 3 days a week). Key Skills Administrative Skills,Facilities Management,Biotechnology,Creative Production,Design And Estimation,Architecture Employment Type : Full Time Experience : years Vacancy : 1